Physician Compensation and Reimbursement
Introduction - The Michigan Court of Appeals has concluded that for purposes of MCL 500.3157, providers of in-home healthcare services are not subject to reimbursement based on their charge description master or other...more
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With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) ending on May 11th, providers and practitioners must carefully consider the dates when various telehealth waivers and flexibilities end. This requires understanding the...more
Proposed class action alleges DaVita subsidiaries withheld wage premium during declared COVID health emergency - According to a proposed class action filed in Washington state, an employee at Total Renal Care contends the...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 25 (July 13, 2020) - When a physician’s telehealth visit with a Medicare patient on FaceTime cut out after five minutes, they shifted to an audio-only visit, with the physician and...more
On Feb. 9, 2018, Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA). This wide-reaching legislation enacts major changes for telehealth policy in Medicare by incorporating...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released several annual Medicare proposed payment rules over the summer that are expected to be finalized this fall for 2018. On July 13, CMS released the proposed 2018...more
ALERT: "No Contract" Disclaimer in Employee Handbook Upheld by Illinois CourtAuthor: Employee handbooks have long been a trap for the unwary employer that desires merely to establish a set of rules and policies without...more